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OpinionDesigning fear out of communities
Feeling safe in buildings and outside spaces could be all in the mind
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OpinionAre project managers to blame for bad procurement?
Yes, says Tony Skipper, procurement reform is necessary; while Steve McGuckin sees no advantage in not playing fair
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OpinionOnly the RIBA can put the prize back in the spotlight
If no broadcaster is going to bring the Stirling Prize to the public, the task falls to the institute itself
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OpinionProject managers are helping to block procurement reform
It’s time to take a stand against local authorities’ expectations that architects will work for free
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OpinionInterior design can speak volumes
What happens inside a building says a lot about the success of its architecture
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OpinionShould there be fewer RIBA Awards?
Yes, says the RIBA’s Tony Chapman, the new two-tier system allows judges to recognise the best new buildings; but Paul Monaghan feels the cut in prizes will have a demoralising effect
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OpinionA matter of mistrust
Peter Rees was unimpressed by architects this week, while RIBA’s honorary treasurer felt the same about non-architects
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OpinionStyle over substance
After reading all the recent angry correspondence about the Bomber Command memorial (Letters June 15), I did a detour to see it last week.
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OpinionThe camera sometimes lies
In retirement here in a somewhat remote valley in the Scottish Borders I have only just seen Hugh Strange’s appreciative review of Gerald Adler’s book on my practice’s work.
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OpinionRetrofitting has mixed potential
Good quality pilot retrofit projects are urgently needed across the country.
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OpinionDon’t build this Dubai on the Mersey
Liverpool’s historic fabric survived because it was adaptable. Can the same be said for Liverpool Waters?
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OpinionDame Zaha should stand up for what she believes in
Hadid’s overbudget Aquatics Centre brought her a long overdue honour. Now both of them must prove their staying power
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OpinionLoopy designs reflect our age of crisis
Buildings like Johnson Burgee’s Bankia HQ and Kapoor’s Orbit can take on a new symbolism
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OpinionHas Aberdeen chosen the right design for its City Gardens?
Yes, says David McClean, it understands the city’s history; while Stuart MacDonald says it obliterates its sense of place
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OpinionPlanners need aesthetic skills
Stephen Gleave, chair of the Royal Town Planning Institute, is still asserting that the planners are the aesthetic police
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OpinionUse public cash for Battersea
Since Lloyds Bank, Battersea Power Station and the Olympics are all in the public domain, there is a way for the government to kick-start the economy and the building industry and provide a lasting positive use.
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OpinionMake Glasgow green again
With a reducing population, Glasgow (Leader June 15) should concentrate all of its developments around a number of the strongest urban nodes.
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OpinionHadid can learn from Stockholm
As an avid reader of BD I was interested to read of the possible purchase by Zaha Hadid of the old Design Museum
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OpinionShard will erase local character
Renzo Piano’s reference to the history of Southwark in his RIBA talk about the Shard is a smokescreen (News June 15).
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OpinionMore from Moore on Hadid in his new book
Architectural differences, ArcelorMittal Orbit rage and Boot’s top tips for the Stirling prize